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The whole \\\"Useful Notes\\\" section is vexing me somewhat, as the information is to my knowledge incorrect:
The BOTTOM number of the time signature (the second number when written as text) is descriptive of the LENGTH of the beats. 8 is a quaver (eighth note), 4 is a crotchet (quarter note). This number is unrelated to the top number.
Time signatures such as 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 are SIMPLE time signatures, which means the beats are subdivided by 2. In simple time with a 4 as the bottom number, every beat is a crotchet (quarter note) beat, which is made up of TWO quavers (eighth notes).
Time signatures such as 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 are COMPOUND time signatures, defined by each beat being subdivided by 3. In compound time with an 8 as the bottom number, every beat is a dotted crotchet beat, which is made up of a crotchet (quarter note) tied to a quaver (eighth note), which adds up to THREE quavers. This is why compound time signatures are identified by a number that is a multiple of 3 LARGER than 3 as the top number, commonly 6, 9 and 12.
Time signatures such as 5/4, 7/8 and 13/8 are IRREGULAR time signatures. The beats are not easily subdivided. Irregular time signatures are not easy to pick up from listening to them, and upon hearing them we will tend to subdivide them into easier to comprehend chunks. Example: \\\"Golden Brown\\\" by The Stranglers is partly in 13/4. By listening to the song\\\'s intro, it feels like a lilting waltz, mostly in 3/4, which is then thrown out by an extra beat every fourth bar. It sounds and feels as though the intro is in fact 3/4, 3/4, 3/4, 4/4. It doesn\\\'t feel like 13/4, likely because we\\\'re not used to hearing 13 beats to a bar. Irregular rhythms are also called Bulgarian rhythms.
It is the TOP number in any time signature which is the important number for working out whether the time signature is simple regular, compound regular or irregular.
Furthermore, the descriptions of duple and triple time are also incorrect. Duple time means there are two beats to a bar, either simple beats OR compound beats. Therefore 2/4 (two crotchet beats) AND 6/8 (two dotted crotchet beats) are both duple time signatures. Similarly, 3/4 and 9/8 are both triple time signatures, and 4/4 and 12/8 are both quadruple time signatures.
I\\\'m new to editing tropes and I don\\\'t want to amend the useful notes if there is good reason for them being incorrect to me, e.g. actually called different things in different parts of the world. Can anyone back me up on my thinking?
The BOTTOM number of the time signature (the second number when written as text) is descriptive of the LENGTH of the beats. 8 is a quaver (eighth note), 4 is a crotchet (quarter note). This number is unrelated to the top number.
Time signatures such as 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 are SIMPLE time signatures, which means the beats are subdivided by 2. In simple time with a 4 as the bottom number, every beat is a crotchet (quarter note) beat, which is made up of TWO quavers (eighth notes).
Time signatures such as 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 are COMPOUND time signatures, defined by each beat being subdivided by 3. In compound time with an 8 as the bottom number, every beat is a dotted crotchet beat, which is made up of a crotchet (quarter note) tied to a quaver (eighth note), which adds up to THREE quavers. This is why compound time signatures are identified by a number that is a multiple of 3 LARGER than 3 as the top number, commonly 6, 9 and 12.
Time signatures such as 5/4, 7/8 and 13/8 are IRREGULAR time signatures. The beats are not easily subdivided. Irregular time signatures are not easy to pick up from listening to them, and upon hearing them we will tend to subdivide them into easier to comprehend chunks. Example: \\\"Golden Brown\\\" by The Stranglers is partly in 13/4. By listening to the song\\\'s intro, it feels like a lilting waltz, mostly in 3/4, which is then thrown out by an extra beat every fourth bar. It sounds and feels as though the intro is in fact 3/4, 3/4, 3/4, 4/4. It doesn\\\'t feel like 13/4, likely because we\\\'re not used to hearing 13 beats to a bar. Irregular rhythms are also called Bulgarian rhythms.
It is the TOP number in any time signature which is the important number for working out whether the time signature is simple regular, compound regular or irregular.
Furthermore, the descriptions of duple and triple time are also incorrect. Duple time means there are two beats to a bar, either simple beats OR compound beats. Therefore 2/4 (two crotchet beats) AND 6/8 (two dotted crotchet beats) are both duple time signatures. Similarly, 3/4 and 9/8 are both triple time signatures, and 4/4 and 12/8 are both quadruple time signatures.
I\\\'m new to editing tropes and I don\\\'t want to amend the useful notes if there is good reason for them being incorrect to me, e.g. actually called different things in different parts of the world. Can anyone back me up on my thinking?
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The whole \\\"Useful Notes\\\" section is vexing me somewhat, as the information is incorrect:
The BOTTOM number of the time signature (the second number when written as text) is descriptive of the LENGTH of the beats. 8 is a quaver (eighth note), 4 is a crotchet (quarter note). This number is unrelated to the top number.
Time signatures such as 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 are SIMPLE time signatures, which means the beats are subdivided by 2. In simple time with a 4 as the bottom number, every beat is a crotchet (quarter note) beat, which is made up of TWO quavers (eighth notes).
Time signatures such as 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 are COMPOUND time signatures, defined by each beat being subdivided by 3. In compound time with an 8 as the bottom number, every beat is a dotted crotchet beat, which is made up of a crotchet (quarter note) tied to a quaver (eighth note), which adds up to THREE quavers. This is why compound time signatures are identified by a number that is a multiple of 3 LARGER than 3 as the top number, commonly 6, 9 and 12.
Time signatures such as 5/4, 7/8 and 13/8 are IRREGULAR time signatures. The beats are not easily subdivided. Irregular time signatures are not easy to pick up from listening to them, and upon hearing them we will tend to subdivide them into easier to comprehend chunks. Example: \\\"Golden Brown\\\" by The Stranglers is partly in 13/4. By listening to the song\\\'s intro, it feels like a lilting waltz, mostly in 3/4, which is then thrown out by an extra beat every fourth bar. It sounds and feels as though the intro is in fact 3/4, 3/4, 3/4, 4/4. It doesn\\\'t feel like 13/4, likely because we\\\'re not used to hearing 13 beats to a bar. Irregular rhythms are also called Bulgarian rhythms.
It is the TOP number in any time signature which is the important number for working out whether the time signature is simple regular, compound regular or irregular.
Furthermore, the descriptions of duple and triple time are also incorrect. Duple time means there are two beats to a bar, either simple beats OR compound beats. Therefore 2/4 (two crotchet beats) AND 6/8 (two dotted crotchet beats) are both duple time signatures. Similarly, 3/4 and 9/8 are both triple time signatures, and 4/4 and 12/8 are both quadruple time signatures.
The BOTTOM number of the time signature (the second number when written as text) is descriptive of the LENGTH of the beats. 8 is a quaver (eighth note), 4 is a crotchet (quarter note). This number is unrelated to the top number.
Time signatures such as 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 are SIMPLE time signatures, which means the beats are subdivided by 2. In simple time with a 4 as the bottom number, every beat is a crotchet (quarter note) beat, which is made up of TWO quavers (eighth notes).
Time signatures such as 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 are COMPOUND time signatures, defined by each beat being subdivided by 3. In compound time with an 8 as the bottom number, every beat is a dotted crotchet beat, which is made up of a crotchet (quarter note) tied to a quaver (eighth note), which adds up to THREE quavers. This is why compound time signatures are identified by a number that is a multiple of 3 LARGER than 3 as the top number, commonly 6, 9 and 12.
Time signatures such as 5/4, 7/8 and 13/8 are IRREGULAR time signatures. The beats are not easily subdivided. Irregular time signatures are not easy to pick up from listening to them, and upon hearing them we will tend to subdivide them into easier to comprehend chunks. Example: \\\"Golden Brown\\\" by The Stranglers is partly in 13/4. By listening to the song\\\'s intro, it feels like a lilting waltz, mostly in 3/4, which is then thrown out by an extra beat every fourth bar. It sounds and feels as though the intro is in fact 3/4, 3/4, 3/4, 4/4. It doesn\\\'t feel like 13/4, likely because we\\\'re not used to hearing 13 beats to a bar. Irregular rhythms are also called Bulgarian rhythms.
It is the TOP number in any time signature which is the important number for working out whether the time signature is simple regular, compound regular or irregular.
Furthermore, the descriptions of duple and triple time are also incorrect. Duple time means there are two beats to a bar, either simple beats OR compound beats. Therefore 2/4 (two crotchet beats) AND 6/8 (two dotted crotchet beats) are both duple time signatures. Similarly, 3/4 and 9/8 are both triple time signatures, and 4/4 and 12/8 are both quadruple time signatures.
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The whole \\\"Useful Notes\\\" section is vexing me somewhat, as the information is incorrect:
The BOTTOM number of the time signature (the second number when written as text) is descriptive of the LENGTH of the beats. 8 is a quaver (eighth note), 4 is a crotchet (quarter note). This number is unrelated to the top number.
Time signatures such as 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 are SIMPLE time signatures, which means the beats are subdivided by 2. In simple time with a 4 as the bottom number, every beat is a crotchet (quarter note) beat, which is made up of TWO quavers (eighth notes).
Time signatures such as 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 are COMPOUND time signatures, defined by each beat being subdivided by 3. In compound time with an 8 as the bottom number, every beat is a dotted crotchet beat, which is made up of a crotchet (quarter note) tied to a quaver (eighth note), which adds up to THREE quavers. This is why compound time signatures are identified by a number that is a multiple of 3 LARGER than 3 as the top number, commonly 6, 9 and 12.
Time signatures such as 5/4, 7/8 and 13/8 are IRREGULAR time signatures. The beats are not easily subdivided. Irregular time signatures are not easy to pick up from listening to them, and upon hearing them we will tend to subdivide them into easier to comprehend chunks. Example: \\\"Golden Brown\\\" by The Stranglers is partly in 13/4. By listening to the song\\\'s intro, it feels like a lilting waltz, mostly in 3/4, which is then thrown out by an extra beat every fourth bar. It sounds and feels as though the intro is in fact 3/4, 3/4, 3/4, 4/4. It doesn\\\'t feel like 13/4, likely because we\\\'re not used to hearing 13 beats to a bar. Irregular rhythms are also called Bulgarian rhythms.
It is the TOP number in any time signature is the important number for working out whether the time signature is simple regular, compound regular or irregular.
Furthermore, the descriptions of duple and triple time are also incorrect. Duple time means there are two beats to a bar, either simple beats OR compound beats. Therefore 2/4 (two crotchet beats) AND 6/8 (two dotted crotchet beats) are both duple time signatures. Similarly, 3/4 and 9/8 are both triple time signatures, and 4/4 and 12/8 are both quadruple time signatures.
The BOTTOM number of the time signature (the second number when written as text) is descriptive of the LENGTH of the beats. 8 is a quaver (eighth note), 4 is a crotchet (quarter note). This number is unrelated to the top number.
Time signatures such as 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 are SIMPLE time signatures, which means the beats are subdivided by 2. In simple time with a 4 as the bottom number, every beat is a crotchet (quarter note) beat, which is made up of TWO quavers (eighth notes).
Time signatures such as 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 are COMPOUND time signatures, defined by each beat being subdivided by 3. In compound time with an 8 as the bottom number, every beat is a dotted crotchet beat, which is made up of a crotchet (quarter note) tied to a quaver (eighth note), which adds up to THREE quavers. This is why compound time signatures are identified by a number that is a multiple of 3 LARGER than 3 as the top number, commonly 6, 9 and 12.
Time signatures such as 5/4, 7/8 and 13/8 are IRREGULAR time signatures. The beats are not easily subdivided. Irregular time signatures are not easy to pick up from listening to them, and upon hearing them we will tend to subdivide them into easier to comprehend chunks. Example: \\\"Golden Brown\\\" by The Stranglers is partly in 13/4. By listening to the song\\\'s intro, it feels like a lilting waltz, mostly in 3/4, which is then thrown out by an extra beat every fourth bar. It sounds and feels as though the intro is in fact 3/4, 3/4, 3/4, 4/4. It doesn\\\'t feel like 13/4, likely because we\\\'re not used to hearing 13 beats to a bar. Irregular rhythms are also called Bulgarian rhythms.
It is the TOP number in any time signature is the important number for working out whether the time signature is simple regular, compound regular or irregular.
Furthermore, the descriptions of duple and triple time are also incorrect. Duple time means there are two beats to a bar, either simple beats OR compound beats. Therefore 2/4 (two crotchet beats) AND 6/8 (two dotted crotchet beats) are both duple time signatures. Similarly, 3/4 and 9/8 are both triple time signatures, and 4/4 and 12/8 are both quadruple time signatures.
